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#SCOTUS agreed to review 3rd Circuit ruling tagging Citgo units for most of a $100+M #oil spill judgment stemming from a 2004 tanker crash in the Delaware River near Philadelphia. 5 years ago, court rejected Citgo appeal of a previous 3rd Circuit ruling. law360.com/articles/11520…

@kdgscribe takes a closer look at a Penn. proposal to bail out the state's nuclear plants and the huge political fight it's generating with strong oppostion from the gas industry law360.com/articles/11403…

@kdgscribe breaks down the FERC fued over a Massachusetts offshore wind farm law360.com/articles/11256…

My colleague @JBKNotJFK on how home builders and their lawyers are prepping to comply with California's new requirement that new homes have #solar panels installed. #cleanenergy #climatechange law360.com/energy/article…

JUST IN: #SCOTUS accepts petition to review 9th Circuit decision that California offshore #oilandgas workers are covered by the Golden State's wage-and-hour laws. Story TK, some background here: law360.com/articles/10093…

From @kdgscribe , a map showing state legislation, regulation and other actions targeted at clean energy and carbon reduction in 2018 law360.com/energy/article…

A case with implications for #pipeline, #LNG and #solar developers.

ICYMI: Fossil fuel companies have filed their opening brief urging the 9th Circuit to overturn a decision remanding #climatechange torts brought by CA counties and cities to state court. law360.com/appellate/arti…

A Democrat-led House is expected to bring the heat over the Trump administration's energy policies. From @kdgscribe law360.com/articles/10951…

BREAKING: @NewYorkStateAG sues Exxon for securities fraud claiming it concealed #climatechange-related risks to its business. A federal judge rejected Exxon's bid to quash NYAG probe earlier this year, company has appealed it to 2nd Circuit. Story TK. #ExxonKnew

@kdgscribe takes a look at Colorado's controversial proposal for 2,500-foot oil and gas setbacks, hitting ballots this fall law360.com/articles/10892…

My colleague ⁦@mjphillis⁩ on the Senate confirmation of Kirkland & Ellis partner Jeffrey Bossett Clark, who represented BP in the Deepwater Horizon case, to lead the DOJ’s enviro division. law360.com/articles/10912…

@pjminterconnect CEO Andrew Ott criticized the Trump administration's plans to bail out coal and nuclear plants, from @kdgscribe law360.com/energy/article…

JUST IN: #SCOTUS won't review D.C. Circuit invalidation of @EPA regulations phasing out HFC use. Newly-minted Justice Kavanaugh wrote majority opinion in case, but didn't take part in denying cert, according to order list. #climatechange

JUST IN: As first reported by @politico, Trump nominates @ENERGY Policy Office Head Bernard McNamee to fill vacant commissioner slot @FERC. A few ex-commissioners voiced concern about that given the DOE's #coal and #nuclear bailout efforts. law360.com/articles/10722…

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2nd Circ. upholds NY's nuclear plant subsidy program, two weeks after 7th Circ. backed zero-emission credits offered by Illinois law360.com/articles/10869… @kdgscribe

Trump's methane rule rollbacks mean the regulatory reins are in states' hands, from @kdgscribe law360.com/articles/10840…